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Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Light conditions and no-one in goal on Task 6

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
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Pilots struggled in light conditions on the 92.85km task six. Charles Cazaux of France flew the furthest, at 79.30km.

Paragliding World Cup Superfial 2011: Weather-enforced rest day for day six

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
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Day six of the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal in Valle de Bravo was a well-earned, if rain-enforced, rest day

Nova Juniors Team looking for young paragliding talent

Monday, January 30th, 2012
Nova Juniors team are looking for three talented young pilots to join them

Austrian paraglider manufacturer Nova are looking for three young pilots to join their Juniors team

Sky Guides: guiding paraglider pilots in the Karakoram

Monday, January 30th, 2012
Sky Guides Karakoram paraglider guiding with John Silvester

Join John Silvester and Brad Sander and be guided around the Karakoram by paraglider

Gin Paragliders’ EN D competitor: the Boomerang X

Monday, January 30th, 2012
Gin's "true EN D" wing for 2012, the Boomerang X

Gin’s “true EN D” Bomerang X is available for all, and proving itself at the PWC Superfinal in Mexico.

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Peter Neuenschwander back on top

Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Peter Neuenschwander wins a difficult, weak day, putting him back on top overall.

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Luc Armant first in goal again for task four

Sunday, January 29th, 2012
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Luc Armant was first into goal again on task four of the PWC Superfinal; Juan Becerra back to first place overall

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Luc and Luca joint first on day three

Saturday, January 28th, 2012
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Task three of the PWC Superfinal in Valle de Bravo was jointly won by Luc Armant and Luca Donini

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Juan Becerra ahead after task two

Friday, January 27th, 2012
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Day two saw strong conditions and a 91.6km task. Venezuelan Juan Becerra was the first of 95 pilots in goal.

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Hans Bollinger wins first task

Thursday, January 26th, 2012
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Switzerland’s Hans Bollinger won the first task of the Paragliding World Cup 2011 Superfinal in Valle de Bravo

Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2011: Valle de Bravo, Mexico

Monday, January 23rd, 2012
PWC Superfinal Mexico 2011

Brilliant weather, 120 top-level pilots and new wings – the Superfinal kicks off

Hang Gliding Pre-Worlds Forbes 2012: Rohan Holtkamp wins

Monday, January 16th, 2012
FAI Hang Gliding Pre-Worlds Forbes 2012 podium

Australian Rohan Holtkamp has won the Forbes Hang Gliding Pre-Worlds 2012

Pre-PWC Roldanillo 2012: Julian Andres Carreño wins

Monday, January 16th, 2012
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Colombian Julian Andres Carreño has won the pre-PWC Roldanillo 2012

Skywalk Tequila 3 paraglider in XXS size

Monday, January 16th, 2012
Skywalk's EN B Tequila 3 paraglider is now available in a XXS size

Skywalk have released a XXS version of their EN B paraglider, the Tequila 3

World Hang gliding record falls – twice – in Namibia

Friday, January 13th, 2012
Packing uo in the dark: Carlos Pugnet (ES) and Patrick Chopard (FR) after their record-breaking 372km flight in Namibia

The World hang gliding out-and-return record was broken twice on Monday 9 January 2011

Pub to pub paragliding competition

Friday, January 13th, 2012
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Pub to Pub is a fun paragliding competition that will take place in Corryong, Australia from 14-17 February 2012

New Australian paragliding record: 360km

Friday, January 13th, 2012
Sebastian Benz, "the happiest paraglider pilot in Australia" and new unofficial record holder. Photo: Pete Bowyer/www.paraglide.com.au

Sebastian Benz (CH) has unofficially set a new Australian paragliding distance record of 360km

Men deny shooting at paragliders

Friday, January 13th, 2012
The Pacific Ocean cliffs paragliding launch of Mussel Rock near San Francisco

Two men have been arrested for shooting at paraglider pilots with pellet guns near San Francisco on 7 January

Stubai Paragliding Cup and Testival 2012

Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Stubai Cup and Testival 2012 poster

The Stubai Paragliding Cup and Testival takes place in Austria on 2-4 March 2012

New reserve container for Advance Impress 3 paraglider harness

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
New inner reserve container for Advance Impress 3 pod harness

Advance have redesigned the Impress 3 harness’s reserve container for easier deployment of larger reserves